PHILADELPHIA — Each the Celtics and 76ers can be at full energy after they face each other for Sport 6 on Thursday evening. The Celtics have a very clear harm and haven’t any gamers sidelined for the fourth consecutive sport.
The 76ers may even be at full energy; the one participant on their harm report is Joel Embiid, who’s listed as possible. He’ll play in his third consecutive sport after lacking nearly three weeks as he recovered from an emergency appendectomy.
Joel Embiid will look to proceed his robust play on Thursday
Embiid was phenomenal in Sport 5, exploding for 33 factors, 18 of which got here within the second half. He shot 12 of 23 from the sphere and 9 of 10 from the road, whereas additionally tallying 8 assists and 4 rebounds. Within the second half, Embiid made 7 of 10 area aim makes an attempt.
“Give him credit score, he performed nicely,” Jayson Tatum stated. “He put quite a lot of strain on us, particularly on the defensive finish. We’ll return and watch the movie and make some changes and be prepared for Sport 6.”
Kelly Oubre Jr. was questionable forward of Sport 5 as he offers with an adductor pressure, however he was not on the harm report forward of Sport 6. Oubre has been largely tasked with guarding Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, however has struggled on the offensive finish; he’s averaging 9 factors whereas taking pictures 38.3% from the sphere and 15.8% from three within the collection.
Celtics-76ers will tip off at 8pm ET on Thursday evening on the Xfinity Cell Enviornment.
